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Climate One series year-end review: Climate change in a year of many crises
For the first time ever, climate change helped to galvanize a record number of voters to elect Joe Biden to the Presidency. How has the focus on climate change shifted in a year shaped by multiple social and economic crises? In this special episode, host Greg Dalton looks back at the climate stories of 2020.
Federal Reserve banks focus on solutions to racism's impact on our economy
The Federal Reserve Banks of Minneapolis, Atlanta and Boston convened an event in November as part of a series on “Racism and the Economy.” This session focused on employment issues.
APM Hanukkah special: Candles Burning Brightly
APM’s Mindy Ratner hosts the 2020 edition of the Hanukkah special, “Candles Burning Brightly.”
How We Survive: Adapting to Climate Change
Climate change is here. Experts say the time for prevention has passed, and we need to adapt—but what does that actually look like? This one-hour special from APM Marketplace, hosted by Molly Wood, explores the role of technology in helping humanity weather the impacts of climate change.
On Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, hear the APM documentary 'Days of Infamy'
Monday is Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. Within the living memory of Americans are two deadly surprise attacks against the United States: Japan's assault on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, and the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Both times, the Library of Congress sent people out to record the voices of ordinary Americans as they reacted to a changed world.
National security advisor nominee Jake Sullivan speaks on Biden's priorities
The Biden administration nominee for national security advisor, Jake Sullivan, spoke with former Vice President Walter Mondale and professor Larry Jacobs at a virtual University of Minnesota event in November.